Sun Way Flight 4412
Ilyushin Il-76TD | |
| Operator | Sun Way |
|---|---|
| Registration | 4L-GNI |
| Flight origin | Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan |
| Destination | Khartoum International Airport, Sudan |
| Occupants | 8 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 8 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 4 |
Sun Way Flight 4412 was an international scheduled cargo flight from Karachi, Pakistan, to Khartoum, Sudan. On 28 November 2010, the Ilyushin Il-76 operating the flight crashed while attempting to return to Karachi after one of the engines catastrophically failed shortly after take-off. Twelve people were killed in the crash: everyone on board the aircraft and four people on the ground.[1][nb 1] The engine failure was caused by metal fatigue resulting from operation of the engine beyond its design life.
Accident
Flight 4412 departed Karachi's
Eyewitnesses saw that one of the starboard engines was on fire as the aircraft climbed out of Jinnah. It then crashed into buildings under construction at a housing complex for the Pakistan Navy, setting several of them on fire, around 3 km (1.9 mi; 1.6 nmi) from the end of the runway.[4] Rescue authorities confirmed that four people were killed that were not on board the aircraft.[1]
The force of the explosion was so great that local residents thought that a bomb had exploded.[5] The ground casualties were reported to be construction workers.[6][7]
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was an
Victims
| Nationality | Fatalities | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | On Ground | ||
| Ukraine | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Pakistan | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 12 |
Investigation
The
The investigation determined that the accident sequence started with an
Debris ejected by the failed engine struck the right wing, damaging the flaps and piercing the fuel tanks. Fuel from the tanks ignited, further damaging the wing and flight controls to the extent that control of the aircraft could no longer be maintained. The aircraft then rolled out of control to the right and crashed to the ground.[8]
Notes
- ^ According to The Aviation Herald.[1] The Aviation Safety Network says that only 3 people on the ground were killed.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e Hradecky, Simon. "Crash: Sun Way IL76 at Karachi on Nov 28th 2010, engine fire". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Авиакатастрофа в Пакистане унесла жизни россиянина и 7 украинцев [Plane crash in Pakistan claimed the lives of Russian and 7 Ukrainians] (in Russian). Rian. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ "Cargo plane crashes in Karachi residential area". Reuters. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ "Vrachtvliegtuig crasht in woonwijk Pakistan" [Cargo plane crashes in residential area of Pakistan]. De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Plane from Karachi crashes with eight people on board". BBC News. BBC. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ "Cargo plane crashes in Karachi". The Express Tribune. 27 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan. Archived(PDF) from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
